Tower 195 and tower 196 ( right in the background) of powerline Hoheneck-Herbertingen, west of Walddorf-Häslach with Venus and Spica, at the beginning of the dawn on November 25th, 2016.

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2018-11-25 20:17:32

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Tower 195 of powerline Hoheneck-Herbertingen, west of Walddorf-Häslach, at the beginning of the dawn on November 25th, 2016. The star close left of the lowest crossbar is Spica, the brightest star of constellation Virgo. The bright "star" left of Spica is the planet Venus.

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2018-10-20 23:24:20

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Transmitter of "Voice of Russia" in Wachenbrunn, Thuringia, Germany. This facility, which was operated by "Deutsche Telekom AG" ( respectively "Deutsche Post" before 1990) was completed in 1988 and used from 1999 to 2012 for the transmission of programmes of "Voice of Russia", also in foreign language like French, German and English on the mediumwave frequency 1323 kHz with a power of 1000 kW. For this purpose an antenna with switchable direction pattern, consisting of four 125.1 metres tall radio masts, which were insulated against ground and arranged in a square, was used. The transmitter was shut down at the end of 2012 and demolished in September 2013.

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2018-08-31 03:51:22

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Sign on pylon 12 of 20 kV-line Kallenberg-Müllerheim

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2018-08-31 03:49:45

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Pylon 12 of 20 kV-line Kallenberg-Müllerheim

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2018-08-31 03:48:10

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20 kV/0.4 kV-substation Müllerheim

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2018-08-08 20:07:46

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110 kV-substation Ehningen at night. This substation, which was built in 1987, is a modern gas-insulated substation.

Closer look of the 110 kV-pylon and a 20 kV-branch pole with noctilucent clouds in the background.

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2018-06-23 08:01:08

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A pole of a 20 kV-powerline north of Ingersheim with noctilucent clouds in the background.

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2018-06-23 07:57:09

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Powerline towers north of Ingersheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany with noctilucent clouds in the background. Noctilucent clouds can be seen during summer time from areas around latitude 50 N. They are ice crystal clouds in great height, which are lit by the sun.
The rising clouds however are man-made: their origin is Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant.

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2018-06-06 22:38:06

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Pylons around Pylon 47A of Facility 322 at Neckarwestheim. The large pylon right of it carries on its lowest crossbar quadruple-bundle conductors of the single-phase AC powerline Neckarwestheim-Bahnstromschaltwerk - Zazenhausen. It is together with the line Neckarwestheim-Bahnstromschaltwerk - Kernkraftwerk Neckarwestheim the only powerline for single phase AC using such conductors. Both circuits are part of the single phase AC grid of the German Railway Company.

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2018-06-06 22:31:45

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Pylon 47A of Facility 322 is a unique pylon of a double-circuit 220 kV-powerline near Neckarwestheim. The cloud in the background is generated from Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant. It consists of 2 units, one with a capacity of 840 MW and one with a capacity of 1400 MW, however only later one is still in use. The first, now decomissioned 840 MW unit was the only nuclear power plant with a generator for generating single phase AC. It had a capacity of 150 MW and fed its energy into the single-phase AC grid of the German Railway Company.